I don't need this, I would rather have insanity This sickness grows inside of me I grow weaker with every breath, and each heartbeat brings me closer to death Passion won't guide me to safety I can only ask trick questions as I navigate this No one said that life would be easy But I can't use that as an excuse No one said that life would be easy I'm farthest from the finish line, but I can't use that as an excuse to hang my head I don't need this, I would rather have insanity This sickness grows inside of me Each passing day I seem to forget that this is just a ride Nothing is set in stone It gets hard to catch my breath when each heartbeat brings me Closer to death It gets hard to catch my breath It gets hard to catch my breath It gets easy to forget that this is just a ride I don't need this, I would rather have insanity This sickness grows inside of me I don't need this, I would rather have insanity But I won't hang my head low Please don't let this get the best of you We're all in this together We go through the same things you do

They say I'm not a real man 'cause I don't have thick skin I'll just say nothing 'cause I'm sick and awkward Embarrassment, and it feels so natural Natural, much like the way that they walk The way they walk The way they all walk They way they all walk away from me It's nonchalant I think you know exactly what I want But you're my brother, I don't wanna hurt you So I'll just pretend to take it from you All I see is the way they walk The way they all walk The way they all walk away from me The next thing on my mind I see you walk up those stairs The next thing on my mind "How do you look in the dark?" The way they walk The way they all walk The way they all walk away from me The way they walk The way they all walk The next thing on my mind "How do you look in the dark?" And I never did quite understand why she never showed her teeth when she smiled But now I think I understand with all of these bite marks on my arm, and her lips upon my chest, and now I'm about to be split wide open There is no instance in which I can be saved from this I bleed out where I lay This is a casual character flaw The way they all walk The way they all walk The way they all, the way they all walk The way they all walk away from me Not a real man, where is my thick skin?

Staring at the sidewalk, I see every single crack Making triangles out of tiny spots of concrete I wonder what you're doing today in the land of rolling hills and the fields of beige Somewhere in time, we'll both be struck by lightning Somewhere in time, we'll be there to numb our pain Staring at the sidewalk, I can't believe I made it here Calmly walking down the city streets at sunset The auburn sky takes me back to olive skin And plains where the train tracks never end Somewhere in time, we'll both be struck by lightning Somewhere in time, we'll be there to numb our pain To take it in, then feel the rush, then cast it out, then lift each other's stains All I wanted was to be recognized With someone to sympathize Then one day I realized that I'm fine where I am I had a dream one time that you woke up in the middle of the night, and you said "Did I make a mistake?"

One day, I changed my life But soon I had to learn that it's hard to start from scratch My first year was the lightest burden ever carried But my back still bore the bruises from twenty years of catching up I didn't think I was cut out for this, but two more souls and time would prove it And I gotta be honest with you, there were days that I wanted to quit But what my mother taught me was love without condition And what my father taught me was dream without compromise The last thing Evan taught me was that Death can't wait to meet us all Can't waste any time at all Today, you changed your life But soon you're gonna learn what it's like to start from scratch I don't have all the answers, but I know that you're gonna ask questions like "Who are these men that I call my brothers?" I can tell 'cause I know I've been there, and I know what it's like to not care Now you've see for yourself, there is nothing new on these street corners But what my mother taught me was love without condition And what my father taught me was dream without compromise The last thing Evan taught me was that Death can't wait to meet us all Can't waste any time at all Shout this from the peaks This life will not be won Shout this from the peaks This life will not be won Shout this from the peaks, stand up on your own feet This life will not be won without faith and conviction Shout this from the peaks, stand up on your own feet You don't owe this to yourself, you owe it to the souls you've yet to meet This life will not be won without each other